I (27M) was having dinner with my gf (25f) and her friends. The general conversation went about age gaps in relationships. They were angry at friends their age getting with men in their mid to late 30s. Apparently they said that they were too young and were being manipulated by their older creepy boyfriends. Now I was getting slated for not proposing to my GF despite being together for 5 year. After a few drinks, i chimed in "so why am i getting so much stick for not proposing to my gf then?". If girls at 24/25 are too young to be in a relationship with a 30 something guy because they will be easily manipulated, then they are no way mature enough to be getting married period. Once my gf gets a few years older, Then I will propose once i feel we are both ready.

I obviously got slaughtered by them defending my gf and needless to say, she has not been great with me since. Is this really that unreasonable a generalized claim? Seems like my gf and her friends just want someone to propose to them for the way it would make them feel, rather than for the actual commitment that would come with it. Obviously without alcohol I would not have said it out loud in order to spare my gfs feelings, but as a generalized statement i don't think it was that out of line.